NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Wall Street Journal • O: The Oprah Magazine • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • School Library Journal In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them.

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1987. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life—someone who will help her to heal, and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and even her own heart.

At Finn’s funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail. Inside is a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and if she can bring herself to trust this unexpected friend, he just might be the one she needs the most.

An emotionally charged coming-of-age novel, Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again.

Praise for Tell the Wolves I’m Home

“A dazzling debut novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

“This compassionate and vital novel will rivet readers until the very end. . . . The narrative is as tender and raw as an exposed nerve, pulsing with the sharpest agonies and ecstasies of the human condition.”—BookPage “Tremendously moving.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Transcendent . . . Peopled by characters who will live in readers’ imaginations long after the final page is turned, Brunt’s novel is a beautifully bittersweet mixture of heartbreak and hope.”—Booklist (starred review) “Carol Rifka Brunt establishes herself as an emerging author to watch.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Touching and ultimately hopeful.”—People

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Review:

Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2012: In Tell the Wolves I’m Home, Carol Rifka Brunt has made a singular portrait of the late-‘80s AIDS epidemic’s transformation of a girl and her family. But beyond that, she tells a universal story of how love chooses us, and how flashes of our beloved live through us even after they’re gone. Before her Uncle Finn died of an illness people don’t want to talk about, 14-year-old June Elbus thought she was the center of his world. A famous and reclusive painter, Finn made her feel uniquely understood, privy to secret knowledge like how to really hear Mozart’s Requiem or see the shape of negative space. When he’s gone, she discovers he had a bigger secret: his longtime partner Toby, the only other person who misses him as much as she does. Her clandestine friendship with Toby—who her parents blame for Finn’s illness—sharpens tensions with her sister, Greta, until their bond seems to exist only in the portrait Finn painted of them. With wry compassion, Brunt portrays the bitter lengths to which we will go to hide our soft underbellies, and how summoning the courage to be vulnerable is the only way to see through to each other’s hungry, golden souls. -- Mari Malcolm

About the Author:

Carol Rifka Brunt’s work has appeared in several literary journals, includin g North American Review and The Sun. In 2006, she was one of three fiction writers who received the New Writing Ventures award and, in 2007, she received a generous Arts Council grant to write Tell the Wolves I’m Home, her first novel. Originally from New York, she currently lives in England with her husband and three children.

Book Description The Dial Press, 2012. Book Condition: New. Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service! Summary: Tell the Wolves I''m Home was named one of the Wall Street Journal ''s Top 10 Novels of 2012 , one of Oprah.com''s Best Books of 2012 , one of Kirkus Reviews '' top 100 books of the year , and one of Booklist ''s Top 10 First Novels of 2012 as well as a 2012 O Magazine Favorite Read . It is also a Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Fiction and a Shelf Awareness Reviewer''s Choice pick for 2012. "A dazzling debut novel." O Magazine "Tremendously movingBrunt strikes a difficult balance, imbuing June with the disarming candor of a child and the melancholy wisdom of a heart-scarred adult." - The Wall Street Journal "In this lovely debut novel set in the 1980s, Carol Rifka Brunt takes us under the skin and inside the tumultuous heart of June ElbusDistracted parents, tussling adolescents, the awful ghost-world of the AIDS-afflicted before AZT-all of it springs to life in Brunt's touching and ultimately hopeful book." -- People "[A] transcendent debut Peopled by characters who will live in readers' imaginations long after the final page is turned, Brunt's novel is a beautifully bittersweet mix of heartbreak and hope." - Booklist (starred review) "Carol Rifka Brunt's astonishing first novel is so good, there's no need to grade on a curve: Tell the Wolves I''m Home is not only one of the best debuts of 2012, it's one of the best books of the year, plain and simple. In a literary landscape overflowing with coming-of-age stories, Tell the Wolves I''m Home rises above the rest. The narrative is as tender and raw as an exposed nerve, pulsing with the sharpest agonies and ecstasies of the human condition." -Bookpage "A poignant debutBrunt''s first novel elegantly pictures the New York art world of the 1980s, suburban Westchester and the isolation of AIDS." - -Kirkus "In [ Tell the Wolves I'm Home ], 15-year-old June must come to terms with the death of her beloved uncle Finn, an artist, from AIDS in 1980s New York. What begins as a wary relationship between former rivals for Finn's affection blossoms touchingly." - PW "[This] gut-wrenching portrayal of a 13-year-old coping with her beloved Uncle Finn's death from AIDS more than delivers."- Daily Candy "[A] striking first outingBrunt weaves a terrific coming-of-age story, painting a vibrant picture of June's dreams and insecurities as she teeters on the border between childhood and maturity." -The Onion A.V. Club "An uplifting debut novel about loss, love, and unlikely friendships in the midst of the 1980s AIDS epidemic a literary pleasure read."- BookBrowse "[A] beautiful novel of love and loss accessible, sensitively told, and heartbreaking."-- School Library Journal Blogs (Starred Review) "If summer reading means being wholly transported to another era, I recommend Carol Rifka Brunt''s brilliant and thoughtful debut novel Tell the Wolves I''m Home ."-- David Gutowski , of Largehearted Boy , on The Atlantic Wire "With this debut novel that flawlessly encapsulates the fragile years during the mid-''80s when the specter of AIDS began to haunt society at large, Carol Rifka Brunt establishes herself as an emerging author to watchTELL THE WOLVES I''M HOME will undoubtedly be this summer''s literary sleeper hit." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Brunt''s debut novel is both a painful reminder of the ill-informed responses to a once little-known disease and a delightful romp through an earlier decade. The relationship issues with parents and siblings should appeal to YA audiences, but adult readers will enjoy the suspenseful plot and quirky characters"- Library Journal "A fresh yet nostalgic debut novel about a 1980s teen who loses a beloved uncle to AIDS but finds herself by befriending his grieving boyfriend. Filled with lost opportunities and second chances, Tell the Wolves I''m Home delivers wisdom, innocence and originality with surprising sweetness. Its cast of waifs and strays will steal your heart as they show each othe. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_new_0679644199